Polish State Railroads in Summer 1939 - Curiosities

Curiosities

• Rail lines of Wolne Miasto Gdańsk (Free City of Danzig) were controlled by the Toruń region of the Polish State Railways therefore were included in the Polish timetable,

• In the summer of 1939, three pairs of German transit trains crossed the Polish Corridor daily en route to East Prussia: two between Berlin and Eydtkau (now Chernyshevskoye) and one between Berlin and Tilsit (now Sovetsk). They travelled through the Polish territory between Chojnice and Tczew-Liessau (Lisewo), the distance of 97 km.

• Apart from long-distance fast trains, there were also ordinary and accelerated trains, that ran on very long routes in interwar Poland. The best example is the train Wejherowo - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź Kaliska - Rozwadów - Lwów, which crossed virtually the whole Poland, from southeast to the coast (930 km). Other interesting examples are: Warszawa Wilenska - Brzesc n/B Centralny - Pinsk - Mikaszewicze (490 km), Warszawa Wilenska - Siedlce - Wolkowysk - Lida - Molodeczno (530 km), Warszawa Glowna - Lublin - Kowel - Zdolbunow (480 km), Warsaw Gdanska - Lublin - Rejowiec - Zawada - Rawa Ruska - Lwów (438 km).